Portland

Birthday at the beach

For my birthday (a couple weeks ago now), Kenn and I decided to take a little drive to Cannon Beach. Being from southern California, the beach here is nothing like the beaches of my childhood, which were featureless but warm. Here in Oregon, the beaches are beautiful but freezing cold. Kenn wore the shirt I [...]

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Cocktail Camp 2011

Another project I’ve been working on for the last few months was Cocktail Camp, an awesome local craft cocktail event spearheaded by my dear husband Kenn. I’m a little embarrassed to not have posted about Cocktail Camp before now, since it’s been such a big part of our lives. Cocktail Camp is all about learning [...]

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Ground Rules

Sarai Mitnick Day 2 from Sarai Mitnick on Vimeo. I thought I’d share yesterday’s video from my Ground Rules challenge. Doing video is super weird and frightening, but I am really learning quite a bit by doing it. Making the videos is really pretty fun and I think with more practice I’ll get better at [...]

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Darkening Days

I’ve become accustomed to many things about living in Oregon over the last couple years. The rain doesn’t bother me at all. The fact that people are polite and nice (even bus drivers! unheard of in San Francisco!) no longer surprises me. I’m used to the excellent coffee everywhere, the amount of flannel, and even [...]

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Cocktail Camp PDX

You guys know how I love a fancy, classic cocktail. Well, Kenn and I and a bunch of friends have been working on putting together this fun community event next month in Portland: Cocktail Camp PDX. You might have noticed the ad for it in the sidebar, in fact. It’s hosted by the lovely folks [...]

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